Four ways the rogue president is undercutting the U.S. first amendment, which prohibits the federal government from passing laws restricting free speech or curtailing a free press. Michael Harris writes. #uspoli
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The Tyee is proud to have published this important investigation by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social. We condemn this egregious harassment of a journalist for doing her job, and have offered support as she deals with this disturbing situation.
Despite the claims from the usual austerity-minded commentators that the sky is falling and spending needs to be slashed, B.C. has a revenue problem, not an expense problem, writes @alonghurst.bsky.social. #bcpoli
“On Native Land” dives into the heart of contemporary Indigenous narratives with this new musical intertwining the lives of a lawyer, a Chief and a rising singer-songwriter. #TyeePresents #Sponsored
#Update: The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ruled that the RCMP discriminated against First Nations former students when it investigated claims of historical abuse at two northern B.C. schools.
@amandafollett.bsky.social reports.
Forests Minister Ravi Parmar on the years-long efforts to complete forest landscape plans, ongoing logging in #OldGrowth forests and whether he is confident about the future of forestry in B.C. 🪵
@tyolsen.bsky.social interviews. #bcpoli
“A responsible government requires independent democratic oversight and a transparent legislative process. The UCP has obstructed and failed to meet these basic requirements to govern,” reads a news release from the Assembly of Treaty Chiefs.
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Brayden and Angela Rogers design and create home goods from recycled plastic at their self-described “recycling studio” in Kelowna. For them, it all starts with finding “good plastic” — plastic that can be given a second chance.
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So far more than 19,053 British Columbians have been killed since early 2014, when unregulated fentanyl started showing up in the illicit drug supply.
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A city can gain or forfeit millions of dollars depending on what value it assigns city-owned land and how well it negotiates sale prices to private developers. So how good is Vancouver’s track record for conducting major land deals?
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A Vancouver councillor wrongly accused of distributing illegal drugs by Mayor Ken Sim says he is considering a complaint to the city’s integrity commissioner and a possible defamation lawsuit.
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Today, mid- to high-rise concrete apartments form the backbone of the West End, and a crucial share of downtown Vancouver’s housing supply, including much of what remains affordable.
The catch? They may be dangerously susceptible to damage from earthquakes. Two experts write. 🏙️
Images posted to Alpha Athletika’s Telegram channel show its members posing for propaganda pictures in the gym, with huge flags unfurled and Nazi imagery on at least one member’s workout clothes.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social reports.
Created by two Canadian icons — choreographer Guillaume Côté and director Robert Lepage — this full-length production explores the play’s enduring themes of power, betrayal and inner turmoil through movement, lighting and set design. 🎭 #TyeePresents #Sponsored
Over the past year, the Bella Coola Valley has experienced a tsunami warning and a grizzly bear attack. Missing hikers are not uncommon. And as climate disasters become more regular, the number of emergencies is expected to rise.
But if you dial 911, you aren’t guaranteed to reach immediate help.
More than eight years after former Chilliwack school trustee Barry Neufeld published his first of dozens of online posts denouncing LGBTQ2S(IA)+ education resources and people themselves, the BC Human Rights Tribunal has ruled Neufeld violated the province’s Human Rights Code. #bced
Images posted to Alpha Athletika’s Telegram channel show its members posing for propaganda pictures in the gym, with huge flags unfurled and Nazi imagery on at least one member’s workout clothes.
@rachelgilmore.bsky.social reports.
@steveburgess53.bsky.social: There has been no official response to the U.S. action from the Alberta government.
Some of the non-responses presumably included: “Cha-ching!” “Score!” “Diamond-encrusted pickleball racquets for everybody!”
#abpoli #uspoli
“I want to be clear: I am deeply grateful for Assured Income for the Severely Handicapped, or AISH.
“But gratitude does not mean I am living well. Feeling grateful and experiencing well-being are not the same thing.”
Donald L. Slater writes. #abpoli
Mollie Cameron’s Wild Wise initiative advocates for an education-first approach to help B.C. residents change their behaviour and coexist with bears. 🐻 Evert Lindquist reports.
A former Prince George Mountie will avoid jail after being found to have obstructed justice by asking bystanders to delete cellphone footage of the arrest of Dale Culver, a First Nations man who later died in police custody. @amandafollett.bsky.social reports.
The @theijf.org has found Surrey Speak’s content appears to be largely AI-generated and is laden with factual inaccuracies.
The website also published AI-generated imagery based on real events, including an altered portrait of a murder victim. @zakvescera.bsky.social reports. #CdnMedia
Hugh Gusterson: The #Epstein files are most interesting for what they reveal about a web of gifts, favours and financial transactions that knit together what would otherwise be a disparate sprawl of bankers, developers, tech bros, media personalities and high-profile academics.
What PM Mark Carney failed to note was a glaring contradiction: how could the attacks be intended to thwart development of Iranian nuclear weapons when, according to Trump, Iran’s nuclear capabilities had been “obliterated” in the 12-day war in June 2025?
@crof.bsky.social writes. #uspoli
Canada’s foremost piano quartet Ensemble Made in Canada brings together four of the country’s most acclaimed chamber musicians: violinist Elissa Lee, violist Sheila Jaffé, cellist Trey Lee and pianist Philip Chiu. 🎻 #TyeePresents #Sponsored
More than 13 years after one pipe layer was killed and another injured while replacing a Burnaby storm sewer, their employer is in court for a sentencing hearing. #bclab
Frustration with the former council of a Coquitlam highrise has been building for years, amid what many owners describe as a pattern of costly litigation, dysfunctional administration and retaliation against those who speak out. Patrick Penner reports.
While Preston Manning serves as an inspiration to Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage, he is an object of querulous derision by Jeffrey Rath, the abrasive leader of the Alberta Prosperity Project, Alberta’s black cowboy-hatted version of the #Brexit campaign. @charlesrusnell.bsky.social reports. #abpoli
